Display for jewelry



Dec. 29, 1959 w. BRAUN 2,919,023

DISPLAY FOR JEWELRY Filed 001:. 2, 1956 INVENTOR WILLI AM BR UN ATTORNEY 2,919,023 DISPLAY FOR JEWELRY William Braun, Middle Village, N.Y. Application October 2, 1956, Serial No. 613,579 7 Claims. (Cl. 206-75) The present invention relates to a plastic box or tray for holding and displaying wrist watches and jewelry, and it particularly relates to a box which is molded of plastic material.

It is among the objects of the present invention to make a simple, durable, artistic and decorative tray or box for holding, shipping, displaying and merchandising wrist watches and other articles of jewelry, and which may be readily opened and closed and which will display wrist watches or other jewelry to maximum advantage.

It is also among the objects of the present invention to provide a simple, decorative wrist watch display which may be readily molded from plastic and which may be utilized for both a container and display stand in connection with counters, show cases and the like in the display of wrist watches and jewelry.

Still further objects and advantages will appear in the more detailed description set forth below, it being understood, however, that this more detailed description is given by way of limitation, since various changes therein may be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the scope and spirit of the present invention.

Although the present invention will be particularly described in this application as a display box for wrist watches, it is to be understood that it has a widespread application to displaying and holding various types of articles other than wrist watches, which may be advantageously shipped, displayed and merchandised in plastic hinged boxes or trays.

According to one embodiment of the present invention, the box is formed of a lower base dished section of rectangular form and also an upper dished cover, which two sections are spring-hinged together so that they may be snapped into either open or closed position.

In the present form of the invention, the box has a recessed base in which there may be inserted a velvet covered metal pad. This velvet covered metal pad may be firmly mounted in position by means of screws, rivets or drive pins in the base section.

Spring members may also be associated with the pad to hold the wrist watch or jewelry in locked position by its hand, said springs being mounted upon the bottom of the metal plate and having upwardly projecting springpressed tab members.

The invention may be applied to any suitable display or'holder whether of plastic, metal or wood and it not only is adaptable to a pin hinge boxor display but also to an open display with a base only, or to a display consisting of a friction fit top and base as well as to breakback display in which the box when opened is so arranged that the top section is folded over so that the top rests on the bottom and so that the bottom is raised at an angle for display purposes.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention consists of the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts as hereinafter more specifically described, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein is shown an embodiment of the invention, but it is to be understood that changes, variations and modifications can be resorted to which fall within the scope of the claims hereunto appended.

In the drawings wherein like reference characters denote corresponding parts throughout the several views:

Fig.1 is a top perspective view showing the case in open position.

Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view upon the line 2-2 nited States Patent 2,919,023 eaten-tea nee. as; 1959 ing the base construction and the posts which are used for mounting purposes.

Fig. 4 is a top plan view of the metal pad with the velvet covering thereof removed so as to more clearly show the construction thereof.

Fig. 5 is a transverse sectional view upon the line 5 of Fig. 4 showing the spring holder or mount construction.

Fig. 6 is a transverse sectional view upon the line 6--6 of Fig. 4 showing the spring holder construction.

Referring to Fig. 1, there is shown a section A and a section B, each of which may be molded of a clear, transparent or translucent white or colored thermoplastic or thermosetting resin or plastic.

The base section B is connected to the top section A by the spring hinge members C, which will snap the cover A either to open position, as indicated in Fig. l, or to closed position. Within the base section A is mounted the covered metal pad E provided with the spring biased carrier element D. The pad B may have a base of wood or plastic and be covered with velvet, satin, leatherette or the like.

it will be noted, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, that both .the cover A and the base section B have projecting peripheral contacting lips 19 and 11 at the front portion thereof and 12 and 13 at theside or end portions thereof. Both the cover section A and the B section also have recessed portions 14 and 15. The lips 10 and 11 may be omitted.

The hinged structures C receive the U-shaped springs 16, which fit in the integrally molded elements 17 to snap the cover A in open position away from the base section B, or in closed position with the lips 10 and 11 and 12 I and 13 in contact with each other. The U-shap'ed springs 16 desirably enclose the metal hinge mounts 18 which may be sealed into position in recesses in the plastic material.

The recess 15 of the base B has the up-s tanding, integrally molded post members 30, having the rearwardly extending fin 31 and the forwardly extending abutment 32'. The relative heights of elements 31 and 32 determine the angle of the pad E. As shown in Fig. 2,these post mem bers have openings 33 which extend through to the lower face 34 of the base section B and which are countersunk or recessed, as indicated at 35, at their upper portions.

The pad plate E consists of a metal plate 36 with a flange 37 having the cover 38, which is turned over the edges and sides, as indicated at 39 and 4% in Fig. 2. The cover has a rubber or adhesive backing which is heat sealed in position after metal self-threading screws 41 have been dropped into the countersunk portions 42.

Each plate also has the downwardly struck tab portion 43 and the hook or lug 44, which hold the spring element45 in position.

The spring element 45 has the upwardly extending ends 46 which project up through the slots 47 in the velvet facing. The slots 47 are cut' simultaneously with heatsealing. These springs will hold the band of the wrist watch in position for suitable display upon'the velvet pad E.

The spring 4-5 has the legs 48 and 49,,which are connected. by the coiled portion 50 extending around the hooks Mi The tail 51 abuts the inside edge orshoulder 52 of the tongue portions 43,.holding this side of the spring in fixed position, while the other side 48, carryingv the upwardly projecting sectioii 46 is free-to move in the slot 53 left by the down-struck portions 43.

In assembly, the covered pad unit E first receives'the self-threading screws 41 which are dropped in the recessed portion 42. cover E will hold the self-threading screws 41 in position. The spring elements '45 are then assembled, as shown in Fig. 4, with the coils engaging the hooks 44 and the. elements 46 and 51 projecting past the ends of the down-struck portion 43.

When the unit then is pressed in position with drive members pressing down on the heads 54 of the screws 41, the pad unit E will be permanently locked in position. I

When the pad is assembled apart from the. base B, the screws will be held at their enlarged headse in the recessed portion 42 with the velvet covering E keeping them in position. Upon application by pressing down on the heads 54 through the velvet covering E with a hammer or presser member, it is possible to drive the self-cutting shank portions 41 into the central open Jportions 33 of the posts 30 as shown in Fig. 2.

This will produce a complete base structure, which then may be conveniently assembled with the hinge structures and the top of the box A.

The final construction, as shown in Fig. 1, requires few parts and enables a most convenient assemblage of metal and spring parts with the plastic structure by the use of bodiments of this invention could be made without departing from the scope of the claims, it is intended that all matter contained in the above description shall be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, what is claimed is:

l. A plastic box and display construction of the type having hinged connected top and base sections, and a base display pad permanently mounted in the base section, drive pins extending through said pad into said base section having enlarged heads and'said base section having upstanding oblique tubular post sections having central drive-pin-openings extending to and through the bottom of the base of the box and with openings receiving said pins, said post sections having transversely rearwardly, and forwardly extending members to contact and position said pad so that it will extend obliquely forwardly and downwardly.

2. A plastic box and display construction of the type having hinged connected top and base sections and a base display pad permanently mounted in the base section, dn've pins extending through said pad into said base section having enlarged heads and said base section having upstanding oblique tubular post sections having central drive-pin-openings extending to and through the bottom of the base of the box and with openings receiving said pins, said display pad consisting of a plate having a permanently and easily mounted fabric cover, said fabric cover holding said pins in position, said post sections having transversely rearwardly and forwardly extending members to contact and position said pad so that it will extend obliquely forwardly and downwardly.

3. A plastic box and display construction of the type having hinged connected top and base sections and a base display pad permanently mounted in the base section, drive pins extending through said pad into said base section having enlarged heads and said base section having upstanding oblique tubular post sections having central drive-pin-openings extending to and through the bottom of the base of the box and with openings receiving said pins, said display pad consisting of a plate having U-shaped spring members adjacent the ends thereof for holding the articlebeing displayed'in position, said post sections having transversely rearwardly and forwardly extending members to contact and position said pin so that it will extend obliquely forwardly and downwardly.

The heat attachment of the velvet 4. A plastic box'and display construction of the type having hinged connected top and base sections and a base display pad permanently-mounted in the base section, drive pins extending through said pad into said base section having enlarged heads and said base section having upstanding oblique tubular post sections having central drive-pin-openings extending to and through the bottom of the base of the box and with openings receiving said pins, said display pad having a plate with downwardly struck tabs for receiving U-shaped spring holding members, said U-shaped spring holding members having prongs upwardly extending through the pad and also having intermediate spring coils extending around the tabs, said post sections having transversely rearwardly and forwardly extending members to contact and position said pad so that it will extend obliquely forwardly and downwardly.

5. A plastic hinged jewelry display box for watches having a molded base recessed dished container supportable upon a flat display table with a hinged swinging cover, upwardly projecting tubular posts having central drive-pin-openings extending to and through the bottom of the base of the box and having transversely forwardly and rearwardly extending fins and abutments respectively, a rectangular velvet covered metal pad positioned in the recessed dished part of said container contacting the upper edges of said fins and abutments at its lower face and spring holder members on the lower side of said pad having upwardly projecting elements to hold the watch in position on the upper face of the pad, said pad being held in position by drive pins extending through the pad and into said hollow posts.

6. The box of claim 5, said drive pins having enlarged heads andtsaid enlarged heads fitting in conical recesses in the top central portion of the post and in indented portions in the pad above said posts.

7-, A molded plastic box display for jewelry comprising a rectangular lower dished section and an upper rectangular dished section, said sections being hingedly connected together at their rear, and having forwardly and laterally extending flat lips contacting when the sections are closed together and having vertical side and back walls aligned with one another when the sections are closed together and the lower dished section having a flat bottom and two spaced aligned tubular posts extending obliquely upwardly and forwardly from said bottom, the openings in said tubular posts extending through said posts entirely through said bottom and fins extending transversely forwardly and rearwardly from the tubular posts to form an oblique support structure, a cloth covered metal plate mounted on said posts and on said fins, drive screws extending through said plate and into said post openings, said posts having recesses at the upper ends thereof and said plate having countersunk portions lodged in said recesses and said screws having inverted conical heads lodged in said countersunk portions and U-shaped holder springs mounted on the bottom of said plate having coiled portions at the base of the U-springs and outstanding and upstanding respective leg end portions, said plate having struck-out tabs to engage said coiled portions and said plate also having slots to receive and permit upward projections of said upstanding portions.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,485,646 Traumuller et al. Mar. 4, 1924 1,574,083 Hamilton Feb. 23, 1926 1,662,744 Hardee Mar. 13, 1928 2,312,009 Traumuller Feb. 23, 1943 2,514,795 Remke -a July 11, 1950 2,719,627 Haase Oct. 4, 1955 I FOREIGN PATENTS 326,424 Great Britain Mar. 13, 1930 

